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Mayra Bueno Silva Shares Unusual Strategy To Overcome Weight-Cut Challenge

Silva said she dressed as a man to access a men-only sauna during her brutal UFC Saudi Arabia weight cut in February 2025. “Women can’t enter the same sauna as men, so my team dressed me up as a man and snuck me in,” she explained. Silva added that the 16-hour cut was painful, but she managed to make weight.